Chapter FOUR

A Sweetie Production

03/12/2009

Sorry it's been so long guys. You know with Freddy going AWOL it is difficult to keep writing without the inspiration but I think I may have found a new source of inspiration. Maybe. :P Anyway, please enjoy! Love you all so much :DI'm also going to dedicate this to Livia since it's her birthday soon :D

I slowly walked back to the house. I had stayed on the beach all night. I had not wanted to return. It was now light and I figured I better go back and change. I did not know how I would cope with having to face Lyle's family and Gio. I would have been so happy if it was anyone else but me! Why did it have to be me? He was such a good kid and if I had been in any other situation I would have loved to have been Lyle's. But Gio was back in my life. To say I was confused would be an understatement.

I opened the front door gently and peered inside. As soon as I stepped in, Mrs. Jacobs pounced. I was expecting a full on shouting match but she wrapped her arms around me and kissed my cheek. "Dear, we were so worried about you. Where did you stay last night?" she asked. I was shocked. This surely wasn't happening.

"I stayed on the beach. I didn't want to come back as I feel like I have brought shame on your family!" I sobbed. Mrs. Jacobs wrapped her arm around me and held me close until my tears subsided.

"Betty, I apologise for last night. Lyle said he had spoken to you. He was meant to make sure you weren't in a relationship or that you didn't have feelings for someone else. He was too stupid to realise that. Dear, do you want to tell me about the man that you so obviously love?" Mrs. Jacobs asked.

I sat down and looked up at her with tear filled eyes. "You know him better than you think. That's the worst thing. Lyle knows him too. Mrs. Jacobs, I love Gio. I have for a long time, but when I tried to find him I couldn't. He disappeared off the face of the earth. It turns out he moved here. And when I saw him the other day, all emotions came running back to me. I can't forget how I feel about him, but now neither he nor Lyle will speak to me again because of what I did," I cried out.

Mrs. Jacobs sat down beside me and wrapped her arm around my shoulders. I placed my forehead against her shoulder and the tears started to flow. I really couldn't decide what I was going to do. My life was never going to be the same. That much was clear in my head.